Panama City Fisheries Resources Office: FY 2002 Annual Report
Authors
Publication date
1 January 2003
Publisher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Panama City Field Office
Abstract
HIGHLIGHTS FOR FY 2002
1. United States Senator Bob Graham assisted with a Gulf sturgeon survey.
2. Completed 3-year Gulf sturgeon population study in the Choctawhatchee River
drainage.
3. Completed Gulf sturgeon potential spawning habitat survey for Northwest Florida and
Southeast Alabama river systems.
4. Initiated Gulf sturgeon marine habitat and food resources study.
5. Completed Gulf sturgeon sentinel fish study.
6. Coordinated and conducted tagging of over 110,000 Phase II striped bass at Welaka
and Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery.
7. Completed Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge fishery sampling.
8. Developed a manuscript regarding the fishery of Banks Lake NWR.
9. Initiated development of a fish Index of Biotic Integrity for Florida panhandle streams.
10. Coordinated Okaloosa darter workshop.
11. Continued examining insect communities on Eglin AFB.
12. Sponsored and coordinated stream restoration workshop.
13. Provided technical assistance via Partners for Fish and Wildlife for stream restoration
within the Northeast Gulf Ecosystem.
14. Finalized regional curve development in the Northern Region of Florida and secured
significant funds for FY03 to expand to other regions in Florida.
15. Initiated freshwater mussel conservation in the Northeastern Gulf Ecosystem